Le Roman de Troie

Written by Benoît de Sainte-Maure in the middle of the twelfth century, the Roman de Troie retells the events of the Trojan war in the style of medieval epic. Of the fifty-eight manuscripts, fourteen are Italian, originating mostly in the northern, Veneto region.

It is not uncommon that the Roman de Troie would be copied with texts dealing with antiquity, real or imagined. For example, Paris BNF 821 contains the romance alongside several didactic texts: Bonaventura’s translation of De consolatione, a verse passion, Le secret des secrets, the Hector et Hercule, and L’histoire ancienne jusqu’a Cesar.

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